USC researchers develop method to ensure human rights in public health services
When measuring the success of public health work -- from immunizations to family planning services -- experts rely on sets of standardized indicators. But these indicators often neglect the voices and human rights of people who use the services, according to USC researchers. The USC Program on Global Health & Human Rights and the World Health Organization developed a new method to determine the extent to which commonly used public health indicators capture human rights concerns.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uosc-urd120817.php
What's in a name? How Taking a spouse's surname can define power in marriage
A new study led by a UNLV psychology professor shows that a wife's choice of surnames may influence perceptions of her husband's personality and the distribution of power in the marriage.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uonl-wia120817.php
Scientists channel graphene to understand filtration and ion transport into cells
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their colleagues have demonstrated that nanometer-scale pores etched into layers of graphene can provide a simple model for the complex operation of ion channels.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/nios-scg120817.php
In lab research, scientists slow progression of a fatal form of muscular dystrophy
Saint Louis University researchers report that a new drug reduces fibrosis (scarring) and prevents loss of muscle function in an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/slu-ilr120817.php
Boosting the antibiotic arsenal
MIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and are often used to treat infections such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/miot-bta120817.php
Extreme fieldwork, climate modeling yields new insight into predicting Greenland's melt
A new UCLA-led study brings together scientists from land hydrology, glaciology and climate modeling to unravel a meltwater mystery. UCLA professor of geography Laurence Smith and his team of researchers discovered that some meltwater from the lakes and rivers atop the region's glaciers, is being stored and trapped on top of the glacier inside a low-density, porous 'rotten ice.' This phenomenon affects climate model predictions of Greenland's meltwater.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc--efc120817.php
Taurine lends hand to repair cells damaged in multiple sclerosis
New research suggests that administering taurine, a molecule naturally produced by human cells, could boost the effectiveness of current multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/sri-tlh120817.php
Report offers framework to guide decisions about Spirit Lake and Toutle River at Mount St. Helens
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a framework to guide federal, tribal, state and local agencies, community groups, and other interested and affected parties in making decisions about the Spirit Lake and Toutle River system, near Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington state. The process should include broader participation by groups and parties whose safety, livelihoods, and quality of life are affected by decisions about the lake and river system, the report says.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/naos-rof120817.php
Large proportion of patients experiencing acute exacerbations of COPD are skipping out on pulmonary rehabilitation or not being referred all together
Researchers from Imperial College London set out to determine the effect of PR on COPD exacerbation rates.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/acoc-lpo120817.php
Hot bodies are attractive
You might think that a hot object pushes atoms and molecules away due to radiation pressure. But a UC Berkeley team showed that for a polarizable atom, the opposite occurs: the hot object attracts it. Using an atom interferometer, they found the attraction was 20 times stronger than the gravitational attraction between a tungsten object and a cesium atom. Though negligible in most situations, next-generation gravitational wave experiments may have to take this into account.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc--hba120817.php
Physicists excited by discovery of new form of matter, excitonium
Excitonium has a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... well... excited! Professor of Physics Peter Abbamonte and graduate students Anshul Kogar and Mindy Rak, with input from colleagues at Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam, have proven the existence of this enigmatic new form of matter, which has perplexed scientists since it was first theorized almost 50 years ago.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoic-peb120817.php
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